Cher, the ultra liberal mother of the trans-sexual son/daughter Chaz was set to appear in a new Lifetime movie about the 2016 water crisis in Flint, Michigan but is backing out do to a “serious family issue.”

The singer-actress was set to portray a Flint resident whose family is impacted by the water crisis in the drama inspired by a February 2016 cover story in Time magazine called “The Toxic Tap” by Josh Sanburn. Her departure is due to a family issue that prevents her from traveling to Toronto, where the project is set to start filming next month.

“This has been a project so near and dear to my heart and I was truly looking forward to helping tell this story,” the 70-year-old actress told ET in a statement via her rep. “Unfortunately, I will be unable to leave Los Angeles during the scheduled filming as I am dealing with a serious family issue that prevents me from going on location for the April filming.”

“I’m so glad that Craig and Neil [the producers] plan to move ahead and I know that this Lifetime movie will be done beautifully,” Cher added.

Cher, who has donated water bottles to the Flint community, was also to be an executive producer on the TV movie, which would have marked her first return to the small screen since her Golden Globe-nominated role in “If These Walls Could Talk,” a film about three different women’s experiences with abortion.